Sarah J. (Brooks) Handsaker (1891-1931)

BROOKS, HANDSAKER, WEBB, JONES

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 2/21/2014 at 23:41:48

From Ames Daily Tribune November 16, 1931

MRS. RALPH HANDSAKER RITES MONDAY

COLO--Funeral services form Mrs. Ralph Handsaker, 40, who died at her home north of Colo Friday night were held from the Evangelical church in Colo Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial was in the Nevada cemetery. Death was due to heart trouble and other complications.

Born Sarah J. Brooks, July 4, 1891, in Ireland, Mrs. Handsaker came to the United States with a sister and an uncle when she was 18. She was married to E. R. Handsaker at Jefferson December , 1912, and lived all her married life on the farm where she died.

Besides her husband, she is survived by four children, Margaret, Sarah, Johnnie and Annabel. Her mother, two brothers and a sister in Ireland, and a brother David, of Nevada and two sisters, Marget Webb of Oelwein and Mary Jones of Colo, also survive.